designating a single shared repository which people can synchronize with;
this document explains how to do that.
-Some basic familiarity with git is required. This
-linkgit:gittutorial[7][tutorial introduction to git] and the
-linkgit:gitglossary[7][git glossary] should be sufficient.
+Some basic familiarity with git is required. Having gone through
+linkgit:gittutorial[7] and
+linkgit:gitglossary[7] should be sufficient.
Developing against a shared repository
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$ cd my-project
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-and hack away. The equivalent of `cvs update` is
+and hack away. The equivalent of 'cvs update' is
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$ git pull origin
[NOTE]
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-The `pull` command knows where to get updates from because of certain
-configuration variables that were set by the first `git clone`
+The 'pull' command knows where to get updates from because of certain
+configuration variables that were set by the first 'git clone'
command; see `git config -l` and the linkgit:git-config[1] man
page for details.
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You can update the shared repository with your changes by first committing
-your changes, and then using the linkgit:git-push[1] command:
+your changes, and then using the 'git push' command:
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$ git push origin master
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to "push" those commits to the shared repository. If someone else has
-updated the repository more recently, `git push`, like `cvs commit`, will
+updated the repository more recently, 'git push', like 'cvs commit', will
complain, in which case you must pull any changes before attempting the
push again.
-In the `git push` command above we specify the name of the remote branch
-to update (`master`). If we leave that out, `git push` tries to update
+In the 'git push' command above we specify the name of the remote branch
+to update (`master`). If we leave that out, 'git push' tries to update
any branches in the remote repository that have the same name as a branch
-in the local repository. So the last `push` can be done with either of:
+in the local repository. So the last 'push' can be done with either of:
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$ git push origin
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We assume you have already created a git repository for your project,
-possibly created from scratch or from a tarball (see the
-linkgit:gittutorial[7][tutorial]), or imported from an already existing CVS
+possibly created from scratch or from a tarball (see
+linkgit:gittutorial[7]), or imported from an already existing CVS
repository (see the next section).
Assume your existing repo is at /home/alice/myproject. Create a new "bare"
branches for your own changes, and merge in the imported branches as
necessary.
+If you want a shared repository, you will need to make a bare clone
+of the imported directory, as described above. Then treat the imported
+directory as another development clone for purposes of merging
+incremental imports.
+
Advanced Shared Repository Management
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Git allows you to specify scripts called "hooks" to be run at certain
points. You can use these, for example, to send all commits to the shared
-repository to a mailing list. See linkgit:githooks[5][Hooks used by git].
+repository to a mailing list. See linkgit:githooks[5].
You can enforce finer grained permissions using update hooks. See
link:howto/update-hook-example.txt[Controlling access to branches using